Don't Change Much
Don't Change Much
The Don’t Change Much Podcast is a men’s mental and physical health podcast for men who feel overwhelmed, under pressure, or quietly carrying more than they let on. Hosted by Trevor Botkin and Mike Cameron, the show features honest, stigma-free conversations about men’s health — from mental health and emotional well-being to physical health, stress, anger, relationships, addiction, and resilience…Social links:
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When Everything Looks Fine, But Life Still Feels Heavy
Support This Podcast and Canadian Men's Health Foundation https://menshealthfoundation.ca/donate/ The career is steady. The family is healthy. And on paper, life looks exactly the way it’s supposed to. But internally, the weight of carrying it all is starting to feel unsustainable. You might eve…
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The Hidden Cost of Carrying It Alone
Support This Podcast and Canadian Men's Health Foundation https://menshealthfoundation.ca/donate/ There are things many men carry that no one sees. Grief. Trauma. Pressure to hold it together. The belief that if you slow down or speak up, you’ll fall apart or let someone else down. In this epi…
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The Isolation Trap: Why Comfort is Killing Your Connections
Comfort can feel like relief. Staying quiet. Keeping things to yourself. Not risking rejection. For a lot of men, that comfort slowly turns into distance, and then into loneliness. In this episode of the Don’t Change Much Podcast, hosts Mike Cameron and Trevor Botkin talk openly about how isolati…
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Running on Empty: What Men Get Wrong About Resilience
A lot of men were taught that resilience means pushing through. Staying quiet. Handling it alone. Running on empty and calling it strength. In this episode, hosts Mike Cameron and Trevor Botkin slow that story down and take it apart, not as experts looking down, but as men who’ve lived the cost of…
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Why Talking Is the Toughest Thing Men Can Do
For a lot of men, staying silent feels like strength. But what if it’s the opposite? In this episode of the Don’t Change Much Podcast, Paralympic gold medalist Greg Stewart challenges that belief head-on. In a raw, honest conversation with Mike Cameron and Trevor Botkin, Greg explores why silence …
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From Rage to Relief: How to Pause Before You Explode
A lot of men aren’t “angry guys.” They’re overwhelmed, disconnected, and running out of space to breathe, and it’s catching up with them. In this episode of the Don’t Change Much Podcast, Gene Bernier, CTO & Don’t Change Much Producer at CMHF, joins hosts Trevor Botkin and Mike Cameron on camera f…
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How Men Are Healing: Shame, Hope, and the Hard Work of Change
What happens when two men sit down, drop the armour, and tell the truth about who they really are? On this episode of the Don’t Change Much Podcast, we introduce our new co-hosts, Mike Cameron and Trevor Botkin—two guys who have lived through rock bottom, rebuilt their lives, and are still doing th…
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The Myth That Helping Men Hurts Women, And What’s Actually True
We've been taught that supporting men's health somehow takes away from supporting women's health. This episode shatters that zero-sum myth, arguing that raising one boat raises all. Host Buzz Bishop is joined by Nicky Dhaliwal (Canadian Men's Health Foundation), Mike Cameron (Connected Men), and C…
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When Anger Helps (and When It Hurts)
What if your anger isn't really anger at all? What if it's grief? Or fear? Or shame? Or something else entirely? On this episode of Don't Change Much, host Buzz Bishop speaks with Dr. David Kuhl, a UBC professor and physician who believes that learning to be emotionally honest is the key to being …
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How Can Men Build Sustainable Health Habits That Last?
Struggling with an all-or-nothing approach to fitness? This episode explores why the best strategy is, quite literally, "don't change much." Health Psychologist Dr. Eli Puterman and Personal Trainer Tim Kelly explain how to overcome common mental barriers when starting a new routine. Learn the scie…
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